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Environment

XAMPP​

  • XAMPP:stands for cross-platform, Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl
  • go to apachefriends and download XAMPP
  • install and start apache and mysql servers laravel-xampp -add php into the PATH environment variable laravel-path -restart terminal to check if installation was successful
php -v

Composer​

  • a tool to manage php dependencies
  • go to Composer and download Composer
  • restart terminal to check if installation was successful
composer -V

Create a new project​

  • open terminal, navigate to your desired folder
composer create-project laravel/laravel="8.4.0" project1
  • open VSCode, open this new project folder
  • open terminal in VSCode, start the development server
php artisan serve

.env file​

  • contains environment variable settings such as database username and password
  • located at the root folder of your project.

Connect to MySQL​

  • Windows:use MySQL Workbench
  • Mac: use Sequel Pro, TablePlus
  • Open MySQL Workbench and create a new schema (e.g. laravel8test), make sure you specify charset to utf8mb4-unicode laravel-mysql
  • open .env file at the root folder of your project
DB_DATABASE=laravel8test
open terminal and run the following command
php artisan migrate
open Workbench and refresh tables